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An M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System, also known as Hercules, is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Del., on March 10, 2009. The Hercules is used to safely tow and recover inoperative tanks.

An M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

An M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System, also known as Hercules, is loaded into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Del., on March 10, 2009. The Hercules is used to safely tow and recover inoperative tanks.

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